Hello Friends,

I got a requirement to create a front end for the proftp server with ldap and mysql db authentication. Proftp is already configured on a centos machine and running fine. I need to integrate a web interface to the proftp and configure ldap+mysql users authentication. Any suggestions will be helpful.

Ok...since this is your 'requirement' for your job, can you show us what you've done/tried so far to actually DO your job? You only say "web interface", and don't tell us what version of CentOS, or what version of ProFTP, but there are MANY tool-kits that will let you write whatever website you're after.

You've been here since 2009...after seven years, you should know that you need to provide details when asking questions. There are options for Java, PHP, AJAX, and other web-interface methods. This is similar to other threads you've opened:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...se-4175469767/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...7/#post4588131
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...x-unix-814483/

There are also MANY options for GUI web interfaces you can find with a Google search (both commercial and free)....have you looked?

I am really sorry that I couldn't provide necessary information in my first post. I have a centos 5.5 machine where proftp version 1.3.4 installed. I did a googling and found that zendto can be used for this file transfer which has a web interface to authenticate users, however, if I go with this php package, I have to replace the proftp. So I was in delve of a user interface where users can provide their LDAP & Mysql username and password to access proftp. I have a mysql db where users are having their username and passwords stored and the same case as with LDAP. I would really appreciate if someone can throw a light on this requirement.

Once again apology for the inconvenience caused. If I am missing any more information here, please let me know, I will be providing it.

If this is a new installation, stop where you are. CentOS 5.5 is very old...latest is 7.x, so do a fresh install if you can, or at the very least, UPGRADE the machine you have. You're going to have a LOT of problems getting new software to work on old OS. Also, proftp is at 1.3.6 now.
Let's recap:

• You looked something up and it does what you need
• You KNOW you're using an old OS and old Proftpd
• You KNOW the requirements call for the newer package

So what's the problem???? You have the knowledge you need...there is nothing to 'throw a light on'. Upgrade ProFTPd/system to be able to use zendto, or WRITE YOUR OWN SYSTEM, using whatever old tools you have at your disposal.

Today, I tried pydio and I was able to configure it on a centos 6.7 machine with mysql backend. I shifted zendto to phydo as I felt it as a good choice as it is a fast moving open source solution with a great community backing it up. It will support both mysql and ldap, but seems that I will have to dig more in order to migrate existing mysql users to pydio mysql backend db. Before that I will present this solution tomorrow to get necessary approvals. Thanks TB0ne for your valuable inputs..

Your choice of product is yours...but I don't understand the logic. What you're doing makes NO sense.

You *STILL* aren't on the latest CentOS, which (right off the bat), would have solved your problem with Zendto. You went with a solution that doesn't fit in to your back-end infrastructure, and the latest version of Zendto was released a few months ago. So *BOTH* are open source with a community backing it up.

Seems like you're going to have to do a LOT more work to get pydio working than zendto, and when you're done, the only thing you'll have to show for it is a server that's STILL running an older OS, which doesn't fit in well with your infrastructure, and does the EXACT same thing as another product which WOULD have fit in.

I am completely agreeing with you, But, why I have installed it on centos 6.7 is, as we don't have a approval yet to go with centos 7. Anyway,I am planning to test zendto on centos7.1 by tomorrow.